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After this I looked, and there in heaven was an open door. The first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."

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Immediately I was in the Spirit,ab and there in heaven a throne was set.c One was seated on the throne,

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and the One seatedd looked like jaspere and carnelianf stone. A rainbow that looked like an emerald surrounded the throne.

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Around that throne were 24 thrones, and on the thrones sat 24 elders dressed in white clothes, with gold crowns on their heads.

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From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and thunder. Burning before the throne were seven fiery torches, which are the seven spirits of God.g

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Also before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middleh and around the throne were four living creaturesi covered with eyes in front and in back.

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The first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like a calf; the third living creature had a face like a man; and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.

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Each of the four living creatures had six wings; they were covered with eyes around and inside. Day and night they never stop,j saying: Holy, holy, holy,k Lord God, the Almighty, who was, who is, and who is coming.

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Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, the One who lives forever and ever,

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the 24 elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, worship the One who lives forever and ever, cast their crowns before the throne, and say:

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Our Lord and God,l You are worthy to receive glory and honor and power, because You have created all things, and because of Your will they exist and were created.